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MACHINERY

220142950048 · 10/14/2014 · Gateway Eagle Coal Company, LLC

Details

Degree of injury
DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY
Classification
MACHINERY
Accident type
Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
Occupation
Roof bolter, Rock bolter, Pinner, Mobile roof support operator (MRS)
Activity
Roof bolter, Drilling
Injury source
UNDERGRD MINING MACHINES
Nature of injury
CONTUSN,BRUISE,INTAC SKIN
Body part
TRUNK, MULTIPLE PARTS
Days lost
164
Mine experience
0.81 years

Operator

Controller (parent)
Patriot Coal Corporation
Operator
Gateway Eagle Coal Company, LLC
Mine
4606618

Narrative

Employee stated that he was operating the right side of a Fletcher DDR-13 and had just finished installing a rib bolt. He stated that he was preparing to swing the boom inline to drill the next hole in the pattern, when he mistakenly engaged the boom swing out function of the bolt machine.

Source

Authoritative
MSHA Open Government Data
Machine
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